Holiday Inn Express Evansville

... not.

After the respective camping and running are over, we'll meet in Los Angeles to celebrate my 30th birthday before catching our flight from LAX to Bangkok.

Currently we're both recuperating from all of the dang shots we had to get for the trip, doing last minute research, attempting to fit all our stuff in small packs and wondering if JD's passport has enough room for visas and entry stamps. More to come...

... rooms but Lisa Ann Faw from Evansville drove down and her mom and sister drove over to meet us. We all adjourned to Karen’s cabin with the screened in porch with Pam’s bird and Aloysius to sit and visit. We really had a great time talking birdies and watching Toby, Sonny, Peep, Hektor and Aloysius flirt with everyone. Aloysius performed admirably with his "mommy ball" which is a little ball that has a voice ...

July 18-Off to see Abraham Lincoln's Birthplace

Thursday, no one else was here yet so we decided to go to see Lincoln’s birthplace near Hodgenville. We drove south and went through Central City—home of the Everly Brothers! and picked up a parkway east. From there we took what Tom said was a scenic bypass by the map. It was NARROW and twisty and went through several very little towns. It was not ...

... and now part of this Episcopal diocese.   We arrived yesterday afternoon and drove to the Visitor Center right on the banks of the Wabash, which is very flooded right now from so much rain upriver (lots of mosquitos and gnats in town as a result, but you just spray up and go on!).  The 2-hour tour gave us a good overview of this place, and then (after deciding to stay two nights instead of the one ...

We been moving along to get home and it is a long way. So I'm going to post where we spend the night and then the next day it's off on the next leg. Were on our way to North Carolina and then to Florida. Sorry no pictures. Ray and Christa

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... warnings of floods in Illinois/Missouri in the area of St. Louis city. They were saying that there were some heavy rains in recent day in the southern parts of the state, while some snow is melting in the north. We saw some effects on this - level of water in the Ohio river and some others is pretty high, some cornfields were totally flooded as well. We decided to ignore the warning and drive in direction of St. Louis. At least for now. We stopped in Cincinnati, OH for a tea ...

... towards long conversations over karaoke machines, they have motivation and perseverance to surpass the boundaries lain in their path. They fight through torrential downpours and inadequate governance to meet goals to improve their future. In cities, I met young people from the countryside who had left their homes in search of a better life. Be assured, they did not lose their roots, returning annually to aid their ...